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Japan pumps Sh9.53bn into Kenya's oldest geothermal plant

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich (right) with Ambassador of Japan to Kenya, Toshitsugu Uesawa at the Treasury building on March 16, 2018. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

By  NEVILLE OTUKI

Kenya is moving to rehabilitate its oldest geothermal power plant for increased generation of electricity after securing a Sh9.53 billion loan from Japan.

Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich Friday signed the financing agreement with Japanese officials for the refurbishment of Olkaria I Units 1, 2 and 3 – Africa’s first geothermal plant built in 1981 in Naivasha.

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